Inventorying Data Collected in Texas Districts Participating in the System of Great Schools

The goal of this coaching project was to guide the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in developing a data inventory and effective data collection practices for the System of Great Schools (SGS) initiative. By taking these steps, TEA staff were ensuring they collected the data from SGS districts needed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the initiative and its related outcomes. The coaching project evolved from developing a data inventory to collaborating with TEA to develop a guidebook to help districts with broad implementation of SGS and with the TEA Roadmap data reporting process more specifically. The guidebook included definitions, instructions on how district users complete SGS goals, and an “Implementation Roadmap.” Informed by the coaching provided by the REL Southwest and the guidebook, TEA developed the “SGS Artifact Handbook” that incorporates the structure and content of the guidebook. The “SGS Artifact Handbook” is a guide TEA provides to districts to help staff prepare artifacts or evidence of accomplishing the goals and milestones included in their SGS plan and roadmap.

Related research partnership: Southwest School Improvement

Resources

Session 1:

• Agenda (273 KB)
• Slide deck (1.9 MB)

Session 2:

• Agenda (280 KB)